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  • These proceedings, as well as his dissertation entitled Death Management & Virtual Pursuits: A virtual reconstruction of the Minoan cemetery at Phourni, Archanes, examining the use of Tholos Tomb C and Burial Building 19 and the role of illumination, in relation to mortuary practices and the perception of life and death by the living have been published or are in the process of publication.

    Meet the Team « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009

  • Inventor Andreas Traint, research director of Austrian firm Tholos, which makes the kiosks, took his inspiration from the zoetrope, a 19th-century device that used this "persistent image" effect to created the illusion of motion.

    Periscope 2007

  • Tholos plans to build 14 more in European cities by 2008 and some in North America by 2010.

    Periscope 2007

  • Whereas the Internet allowed people to seek out others of like mind, the Tholos kiosks might bring together disparate people who just happen to wander by a screen.

    Periscope 2007

  • Each prytany was responsible for the sacred treasuries and kept watch twenty-four hours a day in the Tholos, a round building on the west side of the agora just south of the council chamber the Bouleuterion where the council conducted its meetings.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • The remains of the Tholos and the council chamber have been located in the Athenian agora see Glossary, where they can be seen today.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • As a result, it must have been covered by a "tent" roof, a structural feature well known since Classical (Prytaneion at Athens) and Hellenistic times (Philippeion at Delphi, Tholos at Epidauros).

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - The Odeion Report 2 2003

  • Each prytany was responsible for the sacred treasuries and kept watch twenty-four hours a day in the Tholos, a round building on the west side of the agora just south of the council chamber the Bouleuterion where the council conducted its meetings.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • The remains of the Tholos and the council chamber have been located in the Athenian agora see Glossary, where they can be seen today.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • The Tholos of Polykletos at Epidauros was a circular building 107 feet in diameter, situated within the sacred enclosure.

    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail Various

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